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Definition of Alcyone
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher.
Definition of Alcyone
1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx. ¹
3. Proper noun. (star) One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcyone
Literary usage of Alcyone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sonnets of this Century by William Sharp (1886)
"alcyone. A wife's, that mourns her fate and loveless days. Phœbus. ... alcyone.
Wherefore ? Phœbus. The waters in a fiery blaze Proclaim the godhead of my ..."
2. The Collected Poems of Edmund Gosse by Edmund Gosse (1911)
"alcyone A wife's, that mourns her fate and loveless days. ... alcyone No god can
sow where fate hath stood to reap. ..."
3. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1893)
"We trust that the difficulties of life on the summit may not impose very narrow
limits upon the investigations to be undertaken. WWC THE SPECTRUM OF alcyone ..."
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